• Councilmember Elo-Rivera revives plan to tax 2nd homes in San Diego by up to $15,000 a year,Lori Weisberg

    Councilmember Elo-Rivera revives plan to tax 2nd homes in San Diego by up to $15,000 a year

    San Diego Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera is reviving his proposal to levy a hefty tax on the owners of empty second homes, but in a major reversal, has abandoned his original plan to tax short-term rentals as well. His revised proposal, which calls for an annual levy of $8,000 that would later escala

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  • The Rise of Wellness Weddings,Lili Kim

    The Rise of Wellness Weddings

    On the day before their wedding, Alejandro “Jano” Galindo and Dr. Maria Jose “MJ” Galindo weren’t juggling timelines or hustling through the chaos of seating-chart tweaks and last-minute changes. They were rolling out their mats—yoga for him, Pilates for her. “When we sat down to plan, we didn’t sta

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  • Home Tour: Inside Escondido’s Stunning Net-Zero Sanctuary,Lili Kim

    Home Tour: Inside Escondido’s Stunning Net-Zero Sanctuary

    Strewn among the rolling hills of northern Escondido are granite boulders so huge they look like something from Jurassic Park. Snuggled among them, a new home is so closely connected with nature that it brings one massive rock inside as a major design element—and that’s only one example of how this

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